"If I were you, I’d keep my distance from Director Yamamoto of the Department of Internal Medicine," Chen Yu had just returned to the office at the clinic when, before he had a chance to settle in his seat, he heard someone whispering to him in a very low voice from beside.
Chen Yu turned his head in surprise and saw the male doctor sitting next to him wearing glasses. He was looking at him covertly but quickly turned away when Chen Yu returned the glance, pretending to be busy. However, his voice squeezed out between clenched teeth, "I saw you following Director Yamamoto earlier, so I wanted to warn you. If you want to stay here, you’d better stay away from that woman.
She’s known as the ’Eastern University’s Jezebel!’"
"Eastern University’s Jezebel?" Chen Yu repeated, somewhat astonished, while raising an eyebrow. Although Yamamoto Hisae did seem to be a difficult person, she was not bad enough to be turned into a yokai in rumors, was she?
"Keep your voice down! Are you not afraid of being overheard?" the Glasses Doctor warned Chen Yu in a lower voice, looking anxiously around to make sure the other doctors were busy with their own work before sliding his chair closer to continue, "Director Yamamoto Hisae, her nickname is Eastern University’s Jezebel.
The legend goes that no man she targeted ever ended well, and that’s how she got that nickname."
Hearing the Glasses Doctor say this, Chen Yu frowned, "It doesn’t seem nice to give a woman such a nickname. Also, who are you?"
The Glasses Doctor’s eyes widened in disbelief, he looked around again and then explained to Chen Yu, "Do you know why the seat you’re sitting in was vacant?"
"Was someone sitting in this seat before?" Chen Yu asked curiously, inspecting the Glasses Doctor and then his own desk with a skeptical look.
Chen Yu’s seat was at a table in a corner. Even though there was no problem with the light or the furniture, when he arrived it was covered in a thin layer of dust which he had to clean off. Unlike the desk next to Jounouchi Hiromi’s, which was apparently only used to pile up documents, his seat did not seem like it was frequently used. "And who are you?"
Chen Yu didn’t know what to do as he watched the two of them, unsure of what to say.
At this moment, someone laughed behind him: "Don’t mind them, they pull this stunt every few days, we’re all used to it. And about the story of Director Yamamoto of the Department of Internal Medicine, basically everyone in the department knows about it; despite how fiercely they’re gossiping... it’s actually true."
"It’s actually true?" Chen Yu raised his eyebrows in surprise, he hadn’t expected that such gossip would turn out to be true.
"Of course it’s true! You think I would lie to you?" The ’Glasses Doctor’ seemed very displeased with Chen Yu’s distrust, complaining to him: "I told you, she’s the ’Eastern University’s Jezebel’, what do you think that nickname is for? It’s because..."
"Rather than that, you still haven’t said your name, have you? Who are you, exactly?" Chen Yu watched the ’Glasses Doctor’ get excited again, somewhat bemused as he cut off what the doctor was about to repeat, and asked for his name once more.
"Eh? Didn’t I introduce myself?" The ’Glasses Doctor’ then realized he hadn’t introduced himself, so he quickly straightened his clothes and introduced himself with feigned modesty: "I am Mamoru Hara, please take good care of me."
"Noboru?" Chen Yu might have misheard the ’Glasses Doctor’ due to his heavy accent, thinking his name was "Hara Noboru."
"It’s Mamoru! Ma! Mo! Ru! Mamoru!" The ’Glasses Doctor’ could only repeat his name once more, and this time Chen Yu finally heard it clearly.
Just as Chen Yu was about to chat with the ’Glasses Doctor’ a bit more, his phone suddenly rang, displaying an unknown number.
"Moshi moshi, this is Chen Yu, may I ask who’s calling?" Chen Yu had just picked up the phone and brought it to his ear when the anxious voice of Kube Rokuro came through: "Brother Yu! It’s Rokuro! There’s been an accident!"